Five in hospital after Laverton explosion

Deborah Gough

FIVE people are in hospital after a explosive fire in Laverton North blew a hole through the roof of a refrigeration container at a One Steel factory on Friday night.

The six-metre refrigerated container held about 2500 kilograms of Perkadox, an organic peroxide that is a highly flammable and explosion product. It is used mostly in the rubber and polymer industries.